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>SPI_connect</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;connect a procedure to the SPI manager</DT
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>SPI_finish</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;disconnect a procedure from the SPI manager</DT
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>SPI_push</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;push SPI stack to allow recursive SPI usage</DT
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>SPI_pop</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;pop SPI stack to return from recursive SPI usage</DT
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>SPI_execute</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;execute a command</DT
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>SPI_exec</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;execute a read/write command</DT
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>SPI_execute_with_args</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;execute a command with out-of-line parameters</DT
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>SPI_prepare</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;prepare a plan for a command, without executing it yet</DT
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>SPI_prepare_cursor</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;prepare a plan for a command, without executing it yet</DT
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>SPI_prepare_params</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;prepare a plan for a command, without executing it yet</DT
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>SPI_getargcount</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;return the number of arguments needed by a plan
  prepared by <CODE
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>SPI_prepare</CODE
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>SPI_getargtypeid</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;return the data type OID for an argument of
  a plan prepared by <CODE
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>SPI_prepare</CODE
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>SPI_is_cursor_plan</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;return <TT
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>true</TT
> if a plan
  prepared by <CODE
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>SPI_prepare</CODE
> can be used with
  <CODE
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>SPI_cursor_open</CODE
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>SPI_execute_plan</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;execute a plan prepared by <CODE
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>SPI_prepare</CODE
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>SPI_execute_plan_with_paramlist</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;execute a plan prepared by <CODE
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>SPI_prepare</CODE
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>SPI_execp</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;execute a plan in read/write mode</DT
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>SPI_cursor_open</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;set up a cursor using a plan created with <CODE
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>SPI_prepare</CODE
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>SPI_cursor_open_with_args</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;set up a cursor using a query and parameters</DT
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>SPI_cursor_open_with_paramlist</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;set up a cursor using parameters</DT
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>SPI_cursor_find</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;find an existing cursor by name</DT
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>SPI_cursor_fetch</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;fetch some rows from a cursor</DT
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>SPI_cursor_move</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;move a cursor</DT
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>SPI_scroll_cursor_fetch</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;fetch some rows from a cursor</DT
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>SPI_scroll_cursor_move</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;move a cursor</DT
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>SPI_cursor_close</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;close a cursor</DT
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>SPI_saveplan</A
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;save a plan</DT
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